United Nations troops advance in North Korea after the capture of Seoul during the Korean War. A group of UN soldiers search a PRC (People's Republic of China) soldier. A map of Korea highlights the port city of Hungnam in Korea. UN troops advance along snowy mountains and roads during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Gun crews load artillery guns with shells. UN soldiers eat and rest at the beach of Hungnam. They advance in Hungnam. Parachute supplies are dropped from airplanes for UN troops.

United Nations troops evacuate Haungam, North Korea during the Korean War. Parachute supplies dropped from a U.S. C-119, descend over a field in Hungnam for UN troops. UN troops embark on LSTs (Landing Ship Tank). Equipment loaded aboard LSTs. Beach installations are blasted by UN troops as they leave Hungnam. U.S. Marines climb up a hill during the advance in North Korea. The marines take positions on the hill top and fire guns and artillery. Amphibious vehicles approach a beach. Shell explosions on hills. U.S. airplanes overhead drop bombs on the hills and provides air support. A marine talks into a radio and airplanes overhead drop bombs over targets in fighting area. U.S. airplanes provide close air support to U.S. Marines fighting troops of People's Republic of China. Explosions on the hills. U.S. Marines advance on a hill and fire at enemy positions.

5th and 7th Regiments of the U.S. First Marine Division in Hungnam, North Korea. A transport near the Hungnam pier. Empty trucks moving in dock area. Tracks running through dock. A military truck with a boat on trolley. Soldiers in some trucks. The shore, ships standing in harbor. During evacuation of Hungnam.

United Nations forces retreat through snow as Chinese Communist troops intervene. An animated map of Korea shows Chinese forces overtaking North Korea. U.S. troops marching in retreat while artillery fires at enemy. Troops in sleeping bags covered in snow. Wounded loaded in small planes that take off from a field marked with a sign reading, 'Panicky Pocket Air Strip' View of retreating civilians moving South. Marines are evacuated from Hungnam. Civilians are transported in trucks with their belongings. General Ridgeway is shown sitting in a jeep after taking command of forces in Korea. A map highlighting Hungnam. Views of Security Council meeting. Shots of soldiers from many countries, including Belgium, Turkey, Greece, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia, and Canada. A sign marked with '25th Canadian Infantry Brigade'.

5th and 7th Regiments of the U.S. First Marine Division in Hungnam, North Korea. A U.S. Marine sticks his head out of a U.S. tank hatch. The tank moves across the dock area. A Marine holding a rabbit. The rabbit hops around on the crates. Soldiers stand near a tank. A truck loaded with Marines moving along pier. A ship called 'Union Victory' in the background. During evacuation of Hungnam.

Major prison riots of the year 1952. North Korean POW soldiers of the Korean War stage a mass rebellion at POW camps in Koji islands and Pongam Island, off South Korea. U.S. and U.N. guards quell riots at the camps, resulting in death of North Korean prisoners and injuries. Medics are seen treating injured North Korean prisoners. U.N. guards escort prisoners in lines after the riots. Scene shifts to the the United States where damaged prison property in Michigan and New Jersey is seen after prison riots. Broken window glasses and furniture strewn about in a multi-story room of the New Jersey State Reformatory. Scene changes to Southern Michigan State Prison, also called Jackson State Prison, following riots there. Four prisoners including ring leader Earl Ward (second from left) are seen inside the building behind bars, during the standoff where they seized a cell block and held guards as hostages. A prison guard on watch with rifle in hand, looking from an elevated post downward onto a Jackson State Prison courtyard.